The following extended coverage, endorsements, and minors may be added to academic specialities to extend or enhance qualifications. Both endorsements and minors lead to certification for teaching the additional subject area and differ only in the number of credit hours required for completion. Endorsements normally require 12-21 credit hours, whereas minors require 24-30 credit hours to complete (majors normally require 36-52 credit hours). Each endorsement or minor may be added to, but cannot replace, a teaching major. Students should consult with an advisor in determining which addition would be most advantageous.

This extension of the standard elementary license qualifies the holder to teach a specific subject in junior high/middle school grades 5-9 in addition to elementary school. In order to extend the elementary license, the following requirements must be met:

Meet elementary area of concentration requirements.

Approved courses in one of the following junior high/middle school endorsement areas to total 18-22 credit hours:
Foreign Language
Language Arts
Mathematics
Science
Social Studies

Complete one of the following:

a full semester of student teaching in a fifth or sixth grade classroom in which the content area is departmentalized [M425 Student Teaching in the Elementary School (13 cr.), M470 Practicum (3 cr.), M420 The Student Teaching Seminar: Understanding Schools (2 cr.)]; or

for students adding the science endorsement, EDUC Q405 Integrated Science Lab/Field Experience (3 cr.) may be substituted for M470 with student teaching completed in grades 1-6 if Q405 was completed in grades 5-9.

Sufficient additional courses chosen from any area above to make a total of 18 credit hours.

Social Studies endorsement (18 credit hours)
Basic core requirements are listed below. Additional approved courses should be taken to complete required hours. Advanced courses to fill basic requirements may be substituted with an advisor’s approval.

Select one area and complete the two introductory courses listed, plus one 300-level course in that area: Economics (ECON)
E201 Introduction to Microeconomics (3 cr.)
E202 Introduction to Macroeconomics (3 cr.)

Candidates who are native speakers of English must present competence in a foreign language equivalent to two semesters (one year) of university foreign language work or two years of high school foreign language. If they did not have such course work, passing an examination at an equivalent level to the above in a foreign language is required. Credit earned by examination and recorded on the college transcript may be used toward fulfillment of these requirements. Parallel courses may also be take n at the graduate level. Contact the Language Education Department for more information.

General Linguistics (3 credit hours)Select at least one course:
ENG G205 Introduction to the English Language (3 cr.)
ENGG206 Introduction to Grammar (3 cr.) (IUPUI course)
ENG G301 History of the English Language (3 cr.) (IUPUI course)
ENGG302 Structure of Modern English (3 cr.)
LINGL103 Introduction to the Study of Language (3 cr.)
LINGL303 Introduction to Linguistics (3 cr.)

Minors All foreign language teaching minors require the completion of a minimum of 24 credit hours (Russian, 26), including 18 credit hours (Chinese, 12; Japanese, 12; Korean, 12; Russian, 16) in 300- and 400-level courses. No course below the 200 level will count toward completion of the minor. Students maWy place out of some 200-level language requirement examinations. See advisor for details.

The Chinese teaching minor at IU Bloomington requires the completion of a minimum of 27 credit hours*, including 12 hours at the 300 and 400 levels. The candidate may not count any Chinese course below the 200 level toward licensing.

The Japanese teaching minor at IU Bloomington requires the completion of a minimum of 27 credit hours*, including 12 hours at the 300 and 400 levels. The candidate may not count any Japanese course below the 200 level toward licensing.

The Korean teaching minor at IU Bloomington requires the completion of a minimum of 27 credit hours*, including 12 hours at the 300 and 400 levels. The candidate may not count any Korean course below the 200 level toward licensing.

Placing by examination in S275 and completing the course with a grade of B– or better will earn special credit in S250.

Placing by examination in S310 and completing the course with a grade o f B– or better will earn special credit in S250; the 3 credits of S275 must be replaced with one additional course at the 300- or 400-level.

Application for admission through the Language Education Department and a minimum GPA of 3.0 are required. The holder of the reading minor is eligible to be a reading teacher at the level of the license to which it is attached. The minor is valid for the duration of the certificate to which it is attached.

Linguistics (3 credit hours)
EDUC X470 Psycholinguistics for Teachers of Reading (3 cr.) or
EDUC L303 Introduction to Linguistics (3 cr.) or
EDUC G205 Introduction to the English Language (3 cr.) and*
EDUC G302 Structure of Modern English (3 cr.)
*(G205 and G302 counting as a single course may be used by English majors only)

Science minors are available in the following subjects:
Biology
Chemistry
Earth-Space science
General science
Physical science
Physics

See the respective science major primary areas listed in the ‘‘Secondary Education Program’’ section of this bulletin for a complete listing of required courses for a science minor. A science major primary area and a science minor are identical.

This minor consists of an overall minimum of 30 credit hours in the areas listed below. At least 12 of these must be in courses numbered 200 or above.

One of the following areas must be chosen as a primary area with at least 18 credit hours of course work completed. The courses listed under the area must be completed. No more than 6 credit hours at the 100 level in the primary area can be counted toward the minor requirements. Advanced courses may be substituted with permission of an advisor.

A minimum of one course each in at least three additional areas other than the primary area must be completed. Additional course work to complete the 30 credit hour requirement should be electives to contribute to a diversified and coherent view of social studies.

Minor (24 credit hours)
The program in Speech Communication and Theatre currently is under revision, see an advisor for details. The Department of Speech Communication has changed its name to Communication and Culture (CMCL), but the minor is still referred to as Speech Communication.

Speech Communication and Theatre minors must register their minor with the departments of Communication and Culture and Theatre and Drama in addition to the School of Education.

1Students who are bilingual in Spanish and English are advised to substitute S321-S322 U.S. Latino Spanish III and IV (3-3 cr.). 2S317 is not open to native speakers of Spanish; they should enroll in S425. 3Journalism majors or minors can substitute JOUR J200 or J210 for J110. 4S317 is not open to native speakers of Spanish; they should enroll in S425. 5Must complete P140 and P141 with a C or higher in each course. * Please note: specific courses listed under each requirement are subject to change (i.e., there may be deletions or additions as the curriculum is revised). Students must consult the EALC advisor to determine the appropriate courses for the teaching minor. ** Only 8 credits count toward the language requirement. *** Only 6 credits count toward the language requirement.
† Candidates whose performance in the placement examination exempts them from taking the second-year language courses shall be required to take 6 credit hours (2 courses) in East Asian culture courses in addition to the requirements in the Literature and Culture categories.
†† Candidates whose performance in the placement examination exempts them from taking the second-year and third-year language courses shall be required to take 12 credit hours (4 courses) from other EALC course offerings in addition to the requirements in the Literature and Culture categories.